Abstract:
AIM To investigate the chemical constituents of the fruit of
Tribulus terrestris J.. METHODS Various chromatographic techniques were used to separate the chemical constituents. ESIMS, IR,
1HNMR,
13CNMR and HMBC were used to determine the structures of the isolated constituents. RESULTS Two new compounds were isolated from the fruits of
Tribulus terrestris J. and were identified as neohecogenin-3-
O-β-D-glucopyranosyl(1→2)-
β-D-glucopyranosyl(1→4)-
β-D- galactopyranoside (I); neohecogenin-3-
O-β-D-glucopyranosyl(1→4)-
β-D-galactopyranoside (II). CONCLUSION Compounds I and II are new steroidal saponins.